How To Install espeakup on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeakup on Ubuntu.
What is espeakup
espeakup is:
Espeakup is a daemon that connects speakup kernel modules to the espeak software speech synthesizer through the /dev/softsynth device.
There are three methods to install espeakup on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install espeakup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install espeakup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install espeakup
Install espeakup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install espeakup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install espeakup
Install espeakup Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install espeakup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install espeakup
How To Uninstall espeakup on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the espeakup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove espeakup
Uninstall espeakup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall espeakup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove espeakup
Remove espeakup Configurations and Data
To remove espeakup configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge espeakup
Remove espeakup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove espeakup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge espeakup
Dependencies
espeakup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeakup package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.